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Forgotten Mobile Tractor Units
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Meg Lee
BL Corp
#1 - 2014-02-17 01:21:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Meg Lee
Today I forgot my Mobile Tractor Unit at a mission site so I went back to probe for it. It was HELL to find because a lot of my results were other peoples MTUs. I finally found my own but it wasn't really worth my time. This is my proposal to make it worth your time to go back for your lost MTU.

Make them scoopable by anyone after 3 hours! As it is now most of them is probably just going to sit there for 2 days before they dissapear because no one bothers to go back for them if forgotten in the middle of space.
Alundil
Rolled Out
#2 - 2014-02-17 02:56:35 UTC
Shoot them.

I'm right behind you
Meg Lee
BL Corp
#3 - 2014-02-17 03:21:58 UTC
Alundil wrote:
Shoot them.


What do I stand to gain from that?
Anhenka
The New Federation
Sigma Grindset
#4 - 2014-02-17 03:27:50 UTC
Meg Lee wrote:
Alundil wrote:
Shoot them.


What do I stand to gain from that?


Drops from whatever is inside.

You don't need a war to shoot them after all, but I believe you will go suspect.
Not that it matters if it's other peoples left behind ones.
Hesod Adee
Perkone
Caldari State
#5 - 2014-02-17 03:46:17 UTC
Anhenka wrote:
Meg Lee wrote:
Alundil wrote:
Shoot them.


What do I stand to gain from that?


Drops from whatever is inside.

You don't need a war to shoot them after all, but I believe you will go suspect.
Not that it matters if it's other peoples left behind ones.

Is there a sec status loss for shooting them ?
Anhenka
The New Federation
Sigma Grindset
#6 - 2014-02-17 04:09:01 UTC
Hesod Adee wrote:
Anhenka wrote:
Meg Lee wrote:
Alundil wrote:
Shoot them.


What do I stand to gain from that?


Drops from whatever is inside.

You don't need a war to shoot them after all, but I believe you will go suspect.
Not that it matters if it's other peoples left behind ones.

Is there a sec status loss for shooting them ?


Don't think so, but grab a noobship and check.
Linkxsc162534
Silent Scourge
#7 - 2014-02-17 04:15:04 UTC
I believe theres no sec loss from shooting an MTU
Crazy Dave
State War Academy
Caldari State
#8 - 2014-02-17 04:31:59 UTC
I had to do that once. You're right took me forever to track down lol. Never left one behind since. Cool
Meg Lee
BL Corp
#9 - 2014-02-17 12:01:07 UTC
Anhenka wrote:
Meg Lee wrote:
Alundil wrote:
Shoot them.


What do I stand to gain from that?


Drops from whatever is inside.


Meh. The value of the contents pale in comparison to the value of the structure itself!
Ellendras Silver
CrashCat Corporation
#10 - 2014-02-17 14:33:54 UTC
here is an idea... don't forget them...

another problem solved i love to be me

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Sentamon
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#11 - 2014-02-17 14:46:24 UTC
I always buy another, just not worth the time looking.

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Noxisia Arkana
Deadspace Knights
#12 - 2014-02-17 15:07:17 UTC
Sentamon wrote:
I always buy another, just not worth the time looking.


I also support industrialists by leaving mobile depots and tractors in space.
RoAnnon
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#13 - 2014-02-17 16:19:38 UTC
Meg Lee wrote:
Today I forgot my Mobile Tractor Unit at a mission site so I went back to probe for it. It was HELL to find because a lot of my results were other peoples MTUs. I finally found my own but it wasn't really worth my time. This is my proposal to make it worth your time to go back for your lost MTU.

Make them scoopable by anyone after 3 hours! As it is now most of them is probably just going to sit there for 2 days before they dissapear because no one bothers to go back for them if forgotten in the middle of space.


If only there were a way to mark or tag the location of something in space, so you can warp back to it after you accidentally leave it in the site, some sort of... oh, I don't know... bookmark.. in space? That'd really be helpful.

So, you're a bounty hunter. No, that ain't it at all. Then what are you? I'm a bounty hunter.

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Mike Voidstar
Voidstar Free Flight Foundation
#14 - 2014-02-17 16:53:44 UTC
While bookmarking them is sensible, it is nonsensicle that we fly semi-intelligent starcraft with communications capable of spanning a galaxy with no delay, but agents have not figured out fax machines or email, and these dropped structures don't add themselves to our assets list when dropped.

They should either be scoopable by anyone, or be able to talk to us about their location and cry for help when attacked.
Batelle
Federal Navy Academy
#15 - 2014-02-17 16:59:23 UTC
lol, sounds like everything is working as intended.

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Never forget.
Meg Lee
BL Corp
#16 - 2014-02-17 18:48:18 UTC
Sentamon wrote:
I always buy another, just not worth the time looking.


Well if you were allowed to take other peoples forgotten MTUs it would absolutely be worth the time looking. Besides, you can steal everything else in this game, why not also personal deployables? For consistency and logic!